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stentor

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sten·tor  (stntôr)
n.
Any of several trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoans of the genus Stentor, living in dark freshwater pools and feeding chiefly on smaller microorganisms.

[After Stentor, a Greek herald.]

stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]
n
1. a person with an unusually loud voice
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)
[after Stentor]

Stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods

stentor - Homer introduced Stentor, a very loud herald, in the Iliad—which gives us stentor, "person with a loud voice," and stentorian, which originally meant "loud, booming."
See also related terms for loud.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stentor - a speaker with an unusually loud voice
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
2.Stentor - the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
3.stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell
genus Stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel


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Once more opening his mouth and shutting his eyes, and laughing like a stentor, Kit gradually backed to the door, and roared himself out.
When they came to the part where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomed, fighting like lions or wild boars of great strength and endurance, there Juno stood still and raised a shout like that of brazen-voiced Stentor, whose cry was as loud as that of fifty men together.
 
 
 
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